I have been collecting quotations since childhood and observations by Albert Einstein (1879-1955) are among my favorites.

For example:

o “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”

o “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”

o “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

o “I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”

o “If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.”

o “Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”

o “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”

o “The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits.”

o “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

o “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

o “Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources”

o “I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.”

o “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

o “When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity.”

o “Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.”

o “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”

o “A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.”

o “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”

o “Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”